Cloud Atlas
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Cloud Atlas
6.99 €
5.59 €
A modern classic, a monumental masterpiece that, like many of Mitchell's other books, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2012, the novel was adapted by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski brothers (starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon), becoming, with a budget of over $100 million, the most expensive independent film in cinematic history.
"Cloud Atlas" is like a mirrored labyrinth in which six voices echo, layered on top of each other: A mid-nineteenth-century notary returning to the United States from Australia; a young composer forced to trade body and soul in Europe between the world wars; a journalist in 1970s California uncovering a corporate conspiracy; a small-time publisher - our contemporary - who manages to break the bank on a gangster autobiography and flees creditors; a clone servant from a fast-food establishment in Korea, the land of the victorious cyberpunk; and a Hawaiian goat herder at the end of civilization.
"Cloud Atlas" is like a mirrored labyrinth in which six voices echo, layered on top of each other: A mid-nineteenth-century notary returning to the United States from Australia; a young composer forced to trade body and soul in Europe between the world wars; a journalist in 1970s California uncovering a corporate conspiracy; a small-time publisher - our contemporary - who manages to break the bank on a gangster autobiography and flees creditors; a clone servant from a fast-food establishment in Korea, the land of the victorious cyberpunk; and a Hawaiian goat herder at the end of civilization.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The Big Book